I played a Zendikar tournament today. I had 2 life left and my opponent had 13. I played Day of Judgment (Wrath of God except creatures can regenerate) Which killed my opponents 6 green token, 2 white flying token, 3 creatures, and my two flying 2/2s

I played this card, Terra Stomper, put a Trusty Machete on him for a nice 10/9 creatures. Game Over. The game was pretty epic ended up drawing 1-1 with the guy.

We all start at some point so there is no problem with asking, though I will say whoever taught you to play needs a kick for not teaching this.

'Countering' is normally on mainly blue spells (though it is seen on a couple of cards outside blue) that goes along the lines of 'counter target spell'.

A card is a spell when it is in your hand or being played. The card counts as being played after you have paid any costs (Mana normally) but before it either turns into a permanent (creature, enchantment etc) or the card does its effect. Like this:

Pay ManaName CardCheck that nobody wishes to respond to the card being played (we will get to that)Card becomes a permanent or the spell resolves doing whatever it says it is.

Countering a spell involves responding in that third step. If you are successful in countering the spell generally goes to the graveyard and the player that cast the counter spell has denied his opponent from having what they wanted.

*** yes. Terra Stomper pwns. And to all of you who are saying Blue is getting the shaft, are you high? Blue is still the single most broken color in Magic. If you don't believe me, Cancel, Mind Control, and Rite of Replication, for starters.